Floret development and grain setting differences between modern durum wheats under contrasting nitrogen availability

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-184

  Ferrante, Ariel ^a   Savin, Roxana ^a   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detillering; fertile floret; floret primordia; grain number; grain set; Triticum durum

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SPAIN; WHEAT;

FERTILITY; FLOWERS; NITROGEN; PLANT SHOOTS; SEEDS; SPAIN; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84871762109     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers320     Document Type: Article

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